Construction Management: Sustainable Construction Research Report

This report delves into the evolving landscape of construction management, emphasizing the shift from traditional methods to sustainable practices. The research focuses on the sustainability index of multi-dimensional data, exploring the balance between conventional construction and modern green building concepts. It investigates waste recycling methods, strategies for minimizing carbon footprints through material replacement, and the implementation of rainwater harvesting systems to conserve water resources. The report highlights the importance of maximizing natural and renewable resources, alongside critically discussing cost optimization within green building projects. A detailed research plan is outlined, encompassing both a one-year and an eleven-week timeframe, detailing data collection methods, literature reviews, and the use of both primary and secondary sources, including online surveys and expert interviews. The study examines the use of green rooftops, solar energy, and other innovations to promote sustainable development and reduce the environmental impact of construction, emphasizing the importance of ethical considerations and research limitations.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Research aim....................................................................................................................................3
Objectives........................................................................................................................................3
Rationale..........................................................................................................................................4
Research Plan for One Year of research..........................................................................................5
Research plan for 11 weeks.............................................................................................................8
References......................................................................................................................................11

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Introduction
Construction engineering has been a growing sector in the world. The changes in the
traditional single dimensional approach for green building implementation. This research paper
focuses on the sustainability index of the multi-dimensional data. A sustainable development
approach has been focused on the report. A research plan for one year and 11 weeks has been
described in the report.
Research aim
The main of the research is finding a balance between the traditional method of
construction and modern concept of constructing a building. The various environmental structure
is offering comfortable lifestyle for individuals. However, the contemporary style of construction
includes various challenges and issues. The goal of the paper is to identify the various methods
of recycling of waste and materials. A green building concept includes various development in a
sustainable approach towards maintaining a positive impact on the society (Sigler et al. 2017).
Cost optimization and cost-benefit ratio are useful in this case for maintaining the budget of the
project. The focus would be on the use of natural way and natural resources in order to maintain
a renewable energy source. Steinberg (2016) commented that the on-field construction method
has been focused in order to retain strategies for the intent of attacking structures. The research
has focused on maintaining a pollution free construction of buildings in the society.
Objectives
The objectives of the research are as follows:
 To elaborate recycling concept and its process in constructing buildings

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 To initiate strategies for minimizing carbon footprint by replacing concrete with any
other constructing materials
 To stabilize rain harvesting system for recycling and minimizing the use of water
resources during construction
 To maximize the use of natural and renewable resources for construction
 To critically discuss maintaining budget of the project by using green building concept
Rationale
Schellenberg et al. (2015) stated that the construction industry has been facing drastic
changes in recent times. This has led to a serious topic for conducting a research on this topic.
The construction industry has been causing drastic impact on the environment and ecosystem
due to various reasons including pollution and resources degradation. The use of the traditional
concept of building has been creating pollution in the environment. The dust and waste materials
of the construction site have been creating pollution in the environment. As commented by
Jonas, Murtagh and Bonadonna (2017), this has created several health problems for individuals
in the society. A static way of constructing building has been missing in the traditional method of
construction. The emission of carbon footprints haes been causing health problems to
individuals. This has led to a major cause for discussing the topic. The production of carbon
waste products from the construction site has been continuously polluting the air causing air
pollution. These have caused various lungs and breathing problem to workers and individuals
nearby the construction site.
Murray (2017) stated that the transformational change from the traditional concept of
construction to a modern concept of construction method is required the development of
construction industry. Various issues related to the constructing buildings in the security has

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been highlighted in this research. Individuals are suffering from various problems including
health problems and pollution.
This research has focused on minimizing the emission of carbon particles by recycling
the waste materials. Ary et al. (2018) stated that the use of the natural resources has been
initiated by this research. An initiative has been taken to promote green building concept in the
construction industry. The use of green rooftop instead of concrete slab might help in minimizing
the concrete and carbon waste in the construction site. This research has focused on promoting
such types of initiative green method of construction that might help in replacing the use of
concrete in construction by green natural resources.
Research Plan for One Year of research
Topic selection is an important part of the research. Selection of topic requires deep
analysis of problems prevailing in the society. Therefore, the topic for the research has been done
for one month of time duration. Le Blanc et al. (2015) mentioned that Whole approach of the
research has been focused on the topic of the research. A depth knowledge and data are required
for selecting a topic for the research. Various areas and fields of the problems have to be
researched properly for maintaining a keen knowledge. Various applications of the green
building sustainable development concept have to be focused that help in maintaining proper
approach towards the research. As commented by Fellows and Liu (2015), data and information
about the problems faced by the individuals are required for maintaining a keen interest in
selecting the topic. The use of various strategies for collecting data and information for the
research has been decided in this period. A proper analysis of the research topic has been done in
order to maintain the transparency in the topic selection.

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Data collection method has been an important part of the research. Data and information
related to the research topic are necessary for conduction and calculating the outcomes of the
research. In this case, data and information have been collected from secondary sources for the
literature review. As mentioned by Govindan, Shankar and Kannan (2016), various online
journals, books, articles and government databases are searched for collecting data related to the
green building and its benefits in the construction industry. Data related to rainwater harvesting
and subsidiary material for constructing the building are being searched for collecting relevant
data and information. Therefore, it takes appropriate time for collecting data and information for
conducting the research. Oesterreich and Teuteberg (2016) stated that the time taken for data
collection process is three months. In these three months, data and information from various
secondary sources have been collected and verified. The literature review part of the research has
been totally depended on the data collection process the data and information from literature
review has been transferred for analysis. Therefore, this has been a critical part of the research.
Data has been also collected from primary sources by conducting the online survey.
This type of data collection method help in collecting a huge number of data and
information for the research. Different close-ended questions are included in the questionnaires.
Zhou, Goh and Li (2015) commented that the literature review of the chapter has been prepared
by using different data and information collected from the secondary sources. As commented by
Daoud, Fayek and Fu (2016), recycling is an element in minimizing the waste material from the
construction site; the waste materials are recycled in order to reuse it in the construction of
buildings. This has helped in reducing pollution and degradation of natural resources. The carbon
footprints emissions have been minimized by the use of metal casting industry. The research
paper has discussed various concepts of the green building and rainwater harvesting system for

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sustainable development in the construction industry. As stated by Patel, Rathod, Sharma and
ME (2016), higher aged sand helps in providing high tensile- compressive strength and high
modulus of elasticity. Another major pollutant of an environment is the production of electricity.
The burning of coal for the production of electricity has been a bad process. However, solar
energy has been a better idea for production of electricity. The use of various concepts for
sustainable development has helped in transforming the traditional concept of construction into
the modern concept of the constructing methods. Online questionnaires and interview have been
taken as instruments for the data collection process.
In this study, the use of secondary materials for constructing buildings including green
rooftop, windows and doors. This help in maintaining the sustainability in the development of
construction industry. Xiong, Skitmore and Xia (2015) mentioned that the rainwater harvesting
in the construction site help in maintaining the scarcity of water. Data and facts regarding the
green building concept have been collected from various online journal and reports. Therefore,
the replacement of cemetery materials helps in maintaining the sustainable development of the
construction. As suggested by Brindley (2017), the cost of 30 % of concrete can be replaced by
insulating materials. The research methodology followed by the researcher has been properly
mentioned in the report. The positivism philosophy has been selected for a research that has
helped in measuring the internet of the theories and models mused in the research paper. The use
of this philosophy has helped in providing various knowledge and data from the theories and
models related to the construction industry. Installation of both systems helps in minimizing the
water use in the construction site. Recycling process has been developed in a research that helps
in maintaining the use of waste materials during construction of a building.

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Hong et al. (2017) stated that the deductive strategy has been used in this research for
focusing on the aim and objectives of the research that has been decided initially. The use of
different ideas and innovation in the construction of building have helped in managing the
pollution in the environment. Development includes the use of rain harvesting and green
building. The pollution rate of the state has been minimized with these developments in the
construction. The research design has played an important role in providing specific design to the
research. Alwan, Jones and Holgate (2017) mentioned that aim and objectives of the research has
been properly focused on performing a proper descriptive research design. This research has
used the descriptive design that has descriptively constructed the outline of the research. The
methodology has been completed in three months. The whole process includes all the ethical
consideration and limitations of the research.
Data and information related to the research topic have been both quantitatively and
qualitatively analyzed. The analysis of the primary data shows that the use of traditional method
has been increasing the waste materials in the construction site. It has also increased the pollution
level in the environment. The interview session has helped in getting the views and observational
data from the experts. Sapeciay, Wilkinson and Costello (2017) mentioned that the observational
data has helped in getting appropriate data from professional experts in the construction industry.
Various data and information have been collected from the experts that have helped in gaining
knowledge about different types of domestic use of resources. The use of the solar panels has
helped in producing electricity instead of burning coal. This has also reduced the emission of
carbon footprints in the environment. Thus, minimizing pollution in the atmosphere. At last, the
final report has been submitted and after the long process of analysis. The final draft of the

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research has been prepared at the end of one year from initiating of research. It took one year for
completing the whole research and publishing it after completion.
Research plan for 11 weeks
The research plan for one year describes process of the research. This eleven weeks
research plan has focused on one factor of the research including data collection method. Data
and information have been an important element for conducting the research. As commented by
Olanipekun, Xia and Nguyen (2017), Data collection method has been done for eleven weeks
that includes both primary and secondary data collection method. In this study, primary data has
been collected from conducting an online survey using questionnaires. Close-ended questions
were attached with the online survey questionnaires. This has helped in collecting data and
information relevant to the research topic. Survey questionnaires have been required to the aim
and objectives of the research. This interaction has helped in creating awareness about the green
building concept. As suggested by Sun et al. (2017), it becomes essential to think critically for a
redevelopment of the traditional construction methods, in such situation where the pollution is
hitting society so harshly. In other words, the use of various tools and techniques including
sampling technique have been used in the data collection process that has helped in maintaining
the probability of the data collection process.
The use of the probability tool helps in creating a scenario for assembling various
participants in a group. There have been several limitations included in the data collection
process. The survey questionnaires were difficult to upload to the correct portal for getting
correct data and information. Participants were not ready to answer all the close-ended questions
included in the survey questionnaires. They have haphazardly filled the answers in the survey
questionnaire form that provides no validity to the data and information. Limitations have been

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included in the secondary data collection. Most of the journals were before 2012 and not relevant
to the research topic. Therefore, the maximum time has been taken in the data collection process
including researching about different inline journals and books. Various journals were not
accessed due to a paid version. Therefore, the number of journals have been decreased due to
adding filters of selection in it. Several journals were of the different language that creates
problems in collecting data and information for the research topic. This research has been
ethically considered its values. Data Protection Act 1998 has been properly followed in this
research. Data and information of the participants have not been shared with anyone.
The results and outcomes have not been published until the research is finished.
Therefore, this research has helped in focusing on green building development and recycling
process of the waste materials. This has helped in finding alternative materials for the
constructing buildings instead of using cement. It is concluded that the use of the alternative
material including green rooftops and windows have helped in removing the use of cement in the
construction of buildings. Data and facts regarding the green building concept have been
collected from various online journal and reports. The recycling of waste materials has helped in
reducing pollution and degradation of natural resources in the environment. The involvement of
government in this concern might help in creating awareness among individuals. The
implementation of this research process has helped in enhancing performance and reliability of
the construction industry. The rainwater harvesting in the construction site help in maintaining
the scarcity of water. Therefore, the replacement of cemetery materials helps in maintaining the
sustainable development of the construction.

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Figure 1: Gantt chart
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